Podoconiosis, a neglected tropical disease

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 210-214

  Korevaar, D A ^a   Visser, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; Mossy foot disease; Neglected tropical disease; Non filarial elephantiasis; Podoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FILARIASIS; FOOT EDEMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HYGIENE; HYPERKERATOSIS; LYMPHEDEMA; PAPILLOMA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PODOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRURITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHOE; SKIN NODULE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; WOUND CARE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84866125468     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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